A Cure For Deafness? (specialist, therapy, medical, clinic)

[Motion]

This looks interesting. I'm curious to see if this leads to curing deafness and other forms of hearing loss for many people.

scientists have restored hearing in an adult mouse model of DFNB9 deafness—a hearing disorder that represents one of the most frequent cases of congenital genetic deafness. Individuals with DFNB9 deafness are profoundly deaf, as they are deficient in the gene coding for otoferlin, a protein essential for transmitting sound information at the auditory sensory cell synapses. By carrying out an intracochlear injection of this gene in an adult DFNB9 mouse model, the scientists successfully restored auditory synapse function and hearing thresholds to a near-normal level.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-...ongenital.html

[Jill_Schramm]

Originally Posted by Motion

This looks interesting. I'm curious to see if this leads to curing deafness and other forms of hearing loss for many people.

Me too.

I suffer from Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease. The specialist I see said that he thinks genetic therapy to restore inner ear function (regenerate hairs) will be available to the public within two years. He said: “I will call you as soon as it is available.” I looked at him a little funny and he said: “I will be calling all my patients with sensorineural hearing loss.” It is a really big deal!

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by Jill_Schramm

Me too.

I suffer from Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease. The specialist I see said that he thinks genetic therapy to restore inner ear function (regenerate hairs) will be available to the public within two years. He said: “I will call you as soon as it is available.” I looked at him a little funny and he said: “I will be calling all my patients with sensorineural hearing loss.” It is a really big deal!

Yes I think the company that is working on it is at the clinical trial stage.

https://hearinghealthmatters.org/hea...llment-fx-322/